On 05.11.2024, a full bench of the Supreme Court of India in SLP(C) No. 8541 of 2024 titled Anjum Kadari & Anr. Vs. Union of India & Ors. , reported in 2024 INSC 831 , has decided on a substantial question of law relating to the constitutional validity of the Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Act, 2004 , wherein, a single judge of Allahabad High Court, while dealing with a matter of regularization of a part-time assistant teacher in one of the Madarsas, observed that certain questions related to the vires of the Madarsa Act arose for consideration, which warranted consideration by a larger bench. Consequently, the Chief Justice constituted a bench to hear the reference. The HC held that the Madarsa Act violates the principle of secularism and Articles 14, 21, and 21A of the Constitution of India and is ultra vires Section 22 of the UGC Act. The HC held that the Madarsa Act in its entirety was unconstitutional since the object and purpose of the Madarsa Act itself violat...